DAM TO LAKE ABOUT 260 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SHARPHAM HOUSE AT GRID REFERENCE 829577

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1108388
Date first listed:: 26-Apr-1993
List Entry Name:: DAM TO LAKE ABOUT 260 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SHARPHAM HOUSE AT GRID REFERENCE 829577
Statutory Address:: DAM TO LAKE ABOUT 260 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SHARPHAM HOUSE AT GRID REFERENCE 829577

The Missing Pieces Project

Share your view of unique places.

Add your contribution

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1108388
Date first listed:: 26-Apr-1993
List Entry Name:: DAM TO LAKE ABOUT 260 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SHARPHAM HOUSE AT GRID REFERENCE 829577
Statutory Address 1:: DAM TO LAKE ABOUT 260 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SHARPHAM HOUSE AT GRID REFERENCE 829577

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: DAM TO LAKE ABOUT 260 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SHARPHAM HOUSE AT GRID REFERENCE 829577

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Devon
District:: South Hams (District Authority)
Parish:: Ashprington
National Grid Reference:: SX 82926 57722

Details

ASHPRINGTON SX85NW Dam to Lake about 260 6/8 Metres South East of Sharpham House at Grid Reference 829577

GV II

Dam with causeway above. Probably C19. Pitched and horizontally coursed slate revetment to a low earth dam. The dam forms a fresh water lake made from what was originally a small tidal creek on the River Dart. The lake is part of the picturesque landscaping of the grounds of Sharpham House ((qv)), carried out during the late C18 and C19.

Listing NGR: SX8292657722

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 100918
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 11 Devon,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.